Railway-car brake.



F. JOHNSON.

RAILWAY CAR BRAKE.

APPLICATION men OCT. a. 1916.

Patented June 11, 1918.

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(NVENTOR WITNESSES ATTORNEY F. JOHNSON.

RAILWAY CAR BRAKE,

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 3. I916.

Patented June 11, 1918.

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INVENTOR I BY QI ATTORNEY TED mm mm 1 To all wlwmz'tmay concern; I Be it known that 1,. FREDERICK JOHNSON, a citizemof the United -States,gresiding at 'Warba, inthecounty of Itasca. and State "-'RAILWAYCAR BRAKEM'Y of. Minnesota, have invented. certain: new and useful Improvements, in Ra lway-Car Brakes, of whichthe followingis a specification. H

My invention relates to.imp ro vements in railway rolling-stock and more partlcularly to an improved brake operating means, said vmeans being provided with aview to. aiford safety to brakenlen and; the-like .who have occasion to apply the brakes of railwaycars,

particularly box cars, from the roofs thereof.

:The principal object of my invention is to provide a brake actuatingrmeanswhich. is adapted to be positionedon the roof of a box car and having connection with the usual brake and running gear of-..the ,car, suitable means being providedfor locking the brakes in applied position.

With the above and other objects in View my invention resides preferably in the construction, combination, and arrangementof:

parts as herein-after set forth in the specification as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a railway box car showing my improved brake actuating mechanism applied thereto,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a part of the invention, partly broken away,

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the guides for the chain of the operating mechanism,

Fig. 4 is a similar view of another of said guides, and

Fig. 5 is a detailed perspective view of one of the rod guides.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts throughout the various views of the drawing.

In the drawings, wherein the preferred embodiment of my invention is illustrated, I have shown a box car 1 having an end wall 2, roof 3, and bottom 4. The usual stringers for stren thening the bottom of said car are provide and are designated 5. The running gear of the car is of the usual type and includes the truck wheels 6 and brake mechanism 7. The brake lever 8 on one extremity has connection through a rod 9 with 'Specification of iitters Patent. J fine 11', 1918, Applicatiomfiled October 3, i916. Seria1N o., 123',520.

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standing -,spaced flanges 12 and 13, said fiangesbeing, provided -with axially alined open ngs thr ugh whi h, a P or the l k s ,dispose'dgtogreceiveand act as pivot for a lever 15. receivable lQQtWGBIL SELld flanges. On p th fi ng a-vi et flangel is P vided with..;ratchet teeth 16 .and ,a .double d pawl 7 p vot d n a l ve l asv -v dicated at .18 andgis adaptedto engagethe teeth 16 to lock the lever in a given position. The lever is provided with a,v laterally extended; lug 19 provided with a transverse opening 20, in which the terminal link 21 of achain 22 is adapt-ed to be connected. The free extremity ofthe chain 22 is connected to one extremity. of a. vertically slidable rod .23, said; rod being mounted in guide ,brackets 24 fastened to one end of the car adjacent opposite. extremities of. said rod.

. One 5 of the brackets 24 is shown to advantage in Fig. 5, it being noted from this view that the bracket is provided with an enlarged ,portion 25 recessed as at 26 to receive the of a relatively short chain 31, said chain being trained over an anti-friction roller 32 mounted in a bracket 33, said bracket having openings 34: in the arms thereof to facilitate connection. The arms are also notched, as shown at 33, thus providing a receiving portion for the end of the car, so that when the strain is brought to bear upon the bracket it will be relieved from the se curing means of the bracket A transverse rod 35 serves to connect the arms of the bracket 33 adjacent the roller 32 so as to prevent dislodgment of the chain.

In operation, the lever 15 is moved from the position shown toward the center of the car. This exerts a pull on the chain 22, the rod 23, chain 31 and rod 9, the latter having connection with the brake mechanism of the car. This will efi'ectively apply the brakes. The advantage gained in this method resides principally in the fact that it is not necessary to rotate a cumbersome Wheel many times beforean BfiBCtlf/Q brak; in action is obtained. Attention is also directed to the fact that it is unnecessary for, the brakeman to locate himself between two. cars when applying the brakes which not alone subjects 111mm the danger of falling between the cars, but Will also place in a position dangerous to life in a collision in"which the cars telescope From the'above description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is"thou'gh that a clear and comprehensive understanding of the construction, operation and advantages of my invention may b readily gathered and While I'hav'e shown and described the same as embodying a'pe cifi'c structure, I reserve the right to make changes therein Which do not departfrom tlie spirit and scope of the invention as claimed. i

I claim;

In a device of the class described, the combination of a 'railvvayc'ar having a brake nriechanism, a tapering bracket fixed upon the top of the car and projecting beyond one end, a sheave carried 'by' 'said bracket, the top portions of-said' bracketbe ing unobstructed, tapering brackets fixed up'onjthe end ofthe car; in'aline'ment with the other,

said' tapering brackets having enlarged por- Copies of this patent may be obtained for mass.

from strain, a rod slidably moiinted in the recessed portions of said second mentioned brackets; a flexible means extending from the last mentioned rod around the last mentioned sheave,- whereby said transverse rod Will engage the flexible meansunder certain conditions for-holding said last mentioned rod against accidentally disengaging said second mentioned brackets and flexible means connecting the remaining end of said last mentionedrod and passing around the first mentioned sheave for actuating said brake mechanism.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

.F E EM K JOH ON Wi tnesses:

E. MI WEs'rU N, SWAN CARLsoN.

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